Apparatus for producing wire-glass.



No. 656,296. Patented Aug. 2|, I900. J. LOCKE.

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING WIRE GLASS. (Application filed Nov. 27, 1899.Renewed Ju ly 16, 1900\ (No Model.)

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ARRMQDA DOWI UNITED STATES PATENT nron.-

JOSEPH LOOKE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE DAVIS GLASSCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING WIRE-GLASS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,296, dated August21, 1900.

Application filed November 27, 1899. Renewed July 16,1900. Serial No.23,823. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Looks, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Pitts burg, in the county of Allegheny, State ofPennsylvania, have invented or discovered a certain new and usefulImprovement in Apparatus for Producing Wire-Glass, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for rolling sheets orplates of glass having a wire web inserted and commonly calledwire-glass.

The object of my invention is to produce a device of this charactersimple in construction and efficient in operation; and to this.

end my invention consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and in which like reference characters indicatecorresponding 'parts wherever they occur throughout the several views.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 indicates a side elevation of myimproved apparatus, a portion of the side of the guide being broken awayto show molten glass in front thereof; Fig. 2is aside elevation of thesame, showing the position of the roll after the completion of the firstlayer of glass and near the completion of the second layer. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of part of theremovable bar. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the guide-roller.

Referring to said drawings, A-is a table on which the molten metal or isadapted to be rolled into layers by the action of the roll 0. The saidroll is supported on narrow bars or ways 0t a, arranged or secured onsaid table, along both sides of the same, and corresponding in the firstinstance with required thickness of the first or lower layer. Uponcompletion of the first layer additional and similar bars are securedupon the first. bars corresponding in thickness with the second layer.

27 and b are guides arranged, respectively, on opposite sides of theroll 0 for the purpose of regulating the width of the layers forming thesheet or plate. The said guides are connected by means of the link a,one end of which is pivotally and permanently at- -glass being actedupon.

tached to the rod (2, which is secured in the upper sides of the guideI), the opposite end of said link being detachably connected to theupperend of the link 6, the lower end of which is secured to the guide I) onboth sides thereof. V

fis a guide or feed roll arranged in bearings formed in the lower innerside of the guide I), the said bearing being formed in a slot, so as topermit the said feed-roll to be lowered and elevated by means of thelever or handle 72 which is secured on the ends of the spindle of saidroll for the purpose of permitting the lower end of the chute H beingelevated and lowered from'and toward the mass of metal on thecasting-table, the said chute H being pivotally secured, near the lowerend thereof, in the guide I) to admit of this, rods or pins inserted inor through the outer sides ofsaid guide I) being used to support thechute H at varying angles, as shown in Fig. 1. The said chute H consistsof a frame or sides and a bottom comprising a series of small rollers t'c, journaled in said sides for the purpose of feeding the wire webbeneath the compressing-roll and into the layer first rolled.

The operation of my apparatus is as follows, to wit: The apparatus beingarranged as shown in Fig. 1, the workman or workmen by grasping thehand-wheels on both sides of the spindle of the compressing-roll andturn ing the same in the proper direction causes the same to travel inthe direction indicated by the arrow, compressing and rolling the massof molten metal immediately in front of the said roll into a sheet orplate. A wire web cut to required length is fed downwardly through thechute over the rollers in the bottom thereof and between the lower ofsaid rollers and the guide-roll arranged at the bottom of the guide,which is arranged before the roll to regulate the width of the layer ofThewire web is guided into the plastic mass by the friction of said rolland compressed or inserted therein by the same. Immediately the roll hastraversed the length of the table a layer of glass having the wire webinserted is formed, a second mass of molten glass is at once dumped uponsaid first layer, and the links which connect the guides are detached,and theoperation of rolling the second mass of metal into a layer isaccomplished. in a direction reversely to that employed in forming thefirst layer, which operation insures the welding of highly-heated metalupon the 0001- est and first-formed portion of the first layer at thelast moment of the operation, raising the temperature thereof andproducing an equable temperature throughout the completed sheet orplate.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. In an apparatus forproducing wire-glass, the combination of a table,a compressingroll, a small feed-roll arranged in close proximity to saidcom pressing-roll, and guides arranged on opposite sides of saidcompressing-- roll, substantially as set forth.

2. In an apparatus for producing wire-glass, the combination of a table,a compressingroll, a small feed-roll arranged in close proximity to saidcompressing-roll, and guides arranged on opposite sides of saidcompressingroll, the said guides being detachably connected,substantially as set forth.

3. In an apparatus for producing wire-glass, the combination of a table,a compressingroll, a small roll arranged in close proximity to saidcompressing-roll and adapted to feed and guide a web of wire beneathsaid co1n pressing-roll, a chute adapted to support said web of wire,and guides arranged on opposite sides of said com pressing-roll,substantially as set forth.

4. In an apparatus for producing Wire-glass, the combination of a table,a compressingroll, a small roll arranged in close proximity to saidcompressing-roll, a chute adapted to support a Web of wire, and guidesarranged on opposite sides of said compressing-roll the said guidesbeing detachably connected, substantially as set forth.

5. In an apparatus for producing sheets of glass having a metallic webinserted, the combination of a table, a compressing-roll, means to movesaid roll, a small roll arranged in close proximity to saidcompressing-roll and adapted to feed and guide a web of wire beneathsaid compressing-roll, and guides arranged on opposite sides of saidcompressingroll and detachably connected, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH LOCKE.

In presence of CLARENCE A. WILLIAMs, JNo. H. RoNEY.

